NJ Mayor Calls for Changes in Law After Mall Shooting

"Fact is, years ago a fistfight at the mall was a fistfight at the mall," he said. "There wasn't a concern that someone was carrying an illegal gun"

Published January 12, 2019•Updated on January 12, 2019 at 3:21 pm

An official reports progress in the investigation of a shooting at the food court of a New Jersey mall that wounded two people, one of whom was wanted in an earlier shooting.

The Newport Centre mall reopened at 1 p.m. Saturday, three hours later than scheduled, after authorities said a fistfight at about 6 p.m. Friday on the mall's third floor ended in gunfire, wounding one person in the stomach and another in his arm.

Mayor Steven Fulop said Saturday authorities were making "good progress" in the investigation of the shooting, which came two days after a shooting in a different part of Jersey City that prompted school lockdowns and also left two people hurt.